Letter from Denver 1891 on juries unions and industry
Denver letter discusses the Millington Avery trial and use of a Chicago lawyer signaling belief in guilt. It notes jury selection pressures, lodge organization boosts, a county patronage shift to allopaths, racial terminology debates sparked by a sermon, urban labor unrest with 500 of 700 Bricklayers' Union members out of work, and a Texas boom forecast after city overbuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Tur Greersy Tripun
Millington-Avery
Chicago
Millingtons
Harley McCoy
Tfat
Arapahoe Lodge I. 0. C. F
Union Lodge
Myron Reed
Cleopatra
Africa
Bricklayers’ Union
Texas
A J
Riot in Carbon Hill prompts state troops to scene
Governor Jones orders two state troop companies as violence continues in Carbon Hill Alabama. Reports vary on fatalities with estimates of eight to sixteen black victims and ongoing gunfire after a white man named Murray wounded two others. Train crew recounts higher toll and town guards fear more killings tonight.
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Birmincham
Ala
Carbon Hill
Jones
Memphis
Kansas City
Murray
Alliance Column Sets County Policy Role
The Weld County Alliance declares this department controls all published material and governs the column’s scope and editorial direction across Alliance content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Weld County Alliance
Alliance Directory Listings and State Weld County Notes
National and state alliance officers listed with presidents secretaries organizers and treasurers. Weld County Alliance highlights include president KB H Benton and organizer EB H Benton with Greeley calls to organize alliances in Weld or adjoining counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the State Alliance
Garland
B. L. Smith
Tenney
Starr
J. . Brammeier
Burlington
Weld County Alliance
KB. H. Benton
Greeley
Chas, Fowler
Weld Co
EB. H. Benton
Weld
Attentive Citizenship Required to Reform Government
A critique argues that representative government fails and that laborers must actively oversee governance. It condemns party divides and elite manipulation by figures like Harrisons and Shermans. The piece urges farmers and workers to demand fair tax collection and budget use to curb corporate influence.
Desirable Platte Valley Farm For Sale Near Denver
Farm advertisement touts a most desirable little Platte Valley property between Denver and Greeley. It includes a reliable irrigation ditch water right, abundant water in drought, proximity to town and railroad, and easy payment terms. Contact 5S. J. Gilmore at 1756 Larimers St Denver Colo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte Valley
Denver
Greeley
J. Gilmore
Larimers St
Colo
Mr Foss Proposes Co op Farm Loan to Ease Nebraska Debt
F J Foss suggests a Saline County cooperative farm loan scheme to relieve high interest by pooling 1 000 farmers. The plan would issue state backed bonds at 3 percent, secured by farm land deeds, with 6 percent member loans and an 8 percent reserve to ensure quick repayment and future lending.
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Nebraska
Saline County
Sarge County
State of
Saline County Association
United States
F. J. Foss
Omaha World-Herald
Hatch Attacks Farm Legislation In Defended Farmers Move
Congressman Hatch of Missouri blasts the current national legislation as harmful to farmers after twenty five years of toleration. He praises farmers demands as patriotic and aligned with founders principles. George A Townsend notes the Farmers Alliance movement gains more favor in the east than press cautions suggest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatch
Missouri
House Committee On Agriculture
George Alfred Townsend
Farmers’ Alliance
Atlanta Constitution
Farewell Lines From Owen Meredith Poem Excerpt
Poem fragment expresses farewell and enduring love. Speaker urges acceptance of fate, enduring absence, and hopeful light rising in the east as love lingers beyond distance and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Meredith
I Promise To Keep My Love For You Faithfully
A poem by Adelaide A Procter speaks of vows kept after a parted love. The speaker recalls taking back a promise and a heart, noting pride and a broken chain. They refuse reproach but insist the love remains hidden yet alive, preserved for a future possible reunion.
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Adelaide A. Procter
Conquer or die Learn it then patiently
The passage urges relentless effort and perseverance despite hardship loneliness and fear. It frames life as a call to work now, with guidance toward faith and steady progress, insisting the path requires resolve and patient study.
Pueblo Bill Funds Public Building in Proceeding
Congress passed the Pueblo public building appropriation of 225000 for a government building and sent it to the President for signature. Kansas elects William A. Pfeffer senator in a joint session by 101 to 58 with several abstentions. The apportionment bill clears the Senate while Windom dies after a Delmonico banquet. Bradlaugh the English Liberal MP also dies.
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Pueblo
Congress
William A. Pfeffer
Kansas
Ingalls
Blair
Morris
Kelley
Moving houses urged to contact L S Springer
Prepared to move houses. Parties with buildings to move should call on or address L. S. Springer in New Windsor, Colorado.
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L. S. Springer
New Windsor
Colo
Auctions and sales ads for land and hay in Colorado
Notices advertise multiple 80 acre tracts under No 2 ditch with contact J H Orr or Robert Steele Greeley and named auction dates February 12 to 16 as well as a Caerar Jack auctioneer. Also hay for sale loose hay and alfalfa and several land sales in North Platte River Valley under ditch with Cary Lyon Sidney Neb and a Denver ranch job listing seeking a plowman with references. Six hole ranges offered at Hallock Thayer.
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J. H. Orr
Robert Steele
Greeley
North Platte River Valley
Anna
The Promise Of A Meeting In May And Youth
A poem by Nora Perry envisions a future reunion on a day of days. It contrasts the longing for renewed youth with a quiet defiance against fate and distance as the speaker imagines faces and hands meeting again. The second piece reflects on motherhood as the bravest battle, fought not with guns but with pen and voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers of Men
Castoria Theme Across Generations
An advertising verse traces Castoria as a child remedy through generations from baby to adult, noting continued use for children, mothers, and family care. The catchy cadence emphasizes brand loyalty and familiar comforting product association.
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Castoria
Irrigation Pump Co announces sale and guarantees
The Irrigation Pump Manufacturing Company offers reduced price pumps through March 1 1891 with thorough testing and a promise to perform as stated. Contact The Irrigation Pump Mining Co in Greeley Colorado with J J Crippen president Frank Feerlen manager for details. 2000 acres of land under the Lower Platte and Beaver ditch are advertised with rental housing and ditch work paid in cash. agent E C Luce Fort Morgan Colorado handles full particulars.
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The
Irrigation Pump Manufacturing Company
Min G Co
J. J. Crippen
Frank Feerlen
Greeley, Colo
Lower Platte
Beaver Ditch
E. OC. Luce
Ag’t
Fort Morgan
Cole. Jarvis & Conkburn
E. C. Luce
Gem in Life Path Beyond Riches
A reflective verse fragment noting priceless values in daily life. It compares a child’s love, a father’s prayer, and a beggar’s thanks for a cup of water to wealth, suggesting spiritual riches surpass material treasure.
Bronte Verse Prompt on Lingering Anguish
A brief literary fragment attributes a speaker's aversion to linger and depth of longing to Emily Bronte. The quotation contrasts intense memory with the ache of the world and invokes the line of thought about divinest anguish.
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Emily Bronte
Driving horse for sale by owner in Bak Block
I offer my family driving horse for sale at 75 dollars if sold at once. A good note will be received in payment. The horse is perfectly gentle for ladies and children to drive. Call at my office Bak Block A T Bacon.
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Bak Block
A. T. Bacon
Trustee's Sale Notice in Sterling Colorado 1891
Jacob M. Wolaver sheriff of Weld County and successor in trust announces a trustee sale. Dated Sterling Colorado January 17 1891. First publication in Greeley Tribune January.
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H. ©. Sherman
Jacob M. Wolaver
Weld County
Colorado
Sterling
Greeley Tribune
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alliance
Alliance Directory
National Directory
L. L. Polk
Washington, D.C
B. H. Clover
Cairnbridge
Kas
J. H. Turner
Washington, D. C
Ben Terrell
Washington
LD. C
Civil Service
Interstate Commerce Commission
Benjamin Franklin
Grange
State Grange
Reeds
Eddys
Teller
Outhwaite
John Sherman
Pacific Railroad
General Grant
MR. Foss
GEMS
Fidelis
United States Senate
Windom
Treasury Department
New York City Board of Trade
Delmonico’s
Bradlaugh
Rhoads
AUC
Tion Bills
Heaton
Veu
Cary & Lyon
Sidney
Neb
Plowman
Yerkes, Graves & Co
Curtis St
Hallock & Thayer’s
Nora Perry
Joaquin Miller
Labor
Frances
Osgood
Fred Dille
Colorado Lyceum Bureau
Lee- Corporal
James Tanner
Grave and Gau
Opera House
Corporal Tanner
Lyceum
C.T. Fisu
Mgr
Ernest & Cranmer Elk
Omar Khayyam
Jon W. Sanxnonn
Rt’ Rusteer
Louis O Munson
Supply Direct Company
Louis O. Munson
Daniel Hawks
Greeley, Colorado
T’rustee
Frank D. French
Meer Oo
Larimer County
F Klin C. Avery
Olorado
Black Hollow Ditch Company
William. Avery
Mary C. French
of Weld
Larimer
Franklin D. Avery
Weid
Frask AD
French
Mary C
Herbert J. Thompson
Franklin C. Avery
Kand
Herbert J. Thompson Eepeneror
Rust
Harvey
Tipton
Highland Ditch
Court House
Anid Harvey
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